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'{{Short description|Thai politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Booneua Prasertsuwan | native_name = บุญเอื้อ ประเสริฐสุวรรณ | native_name_lang = th | image = Bun-er Pasertsuwan.jpg | image_size = | caption = Booneua in a | office = 19th [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speakers of the House of Representatives]]<br />and 23rd [[President of the National Assembly of Thailand]] | term_start = 11 July 1995 | term_end = 27 September 1996 | predecessor = [[Marut Bunnag]] | successor = [[Wan Muhamad Noor Matha]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1919|4|13}} | birth_place = [[Bang Pla Ma District|Bang Pla Ma]], [[Suphan Buri Province|Suphan Buri]], Siam | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|10|13|1919|4|13}} | death_place = [[Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand | death_cause = | resting_place = | residence = | education = [http://www.saenarak.com/ Army Medical Field Service School] | employer = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|army officer|teacher}} | party = {{ubl|[[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat]] {{small|(1957–1974)}}|[[Social Justice Party (Thailand)|Social Justice]] {{small|(1975)}}|[[Thai Nation Party|Thai Nation]] {{small|(1975–1995)}}}} | religion = | spouse = Duangnet Prasertsuwan | children = [[Nathawut Prasertsuwan]] | parents = | relatives = | allegiance = {{Flag|Thailand}} | branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg}} [[Royal Thai Army]] | serviceyears = 1941–2016 | rank = [[File:RTA OF-7 (Major General).svg|15px]] [[Military ranks of the Thai armed forces|Major General]]<ref>http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2540/B/004/5.PDF {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> | battles = [[Pacific War]] }} '''Booneua Prasertsuwan''', also spelled '''Boon-eau Prasertsuwan''', ({{lang-th|บุญเอื้อ ประเสริฐสุวรรณ}}; 13 April 1919 – 13 October 2016) was a Thai politician from [[Suphan Buri Province]]. Prasertsuwan was first elected to the national [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|House of Representatives]] in 1957 and won election to the House for 10 consecutive elections from 1957 to [[1996 Thai general election|1996]].<ref name=bpost>{{cite news|title=Ex-House speaker Boon-eua dies at 97 |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1109468/ex-house-speaker-boon-eua-dies-at-97 |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |date=13 October 2016 |accessdate=26 October 2016}}</ref> He served as [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand]] from 1995 to 1996.<ref name=bpost/> He is credited with persuading [[Banharn Silpa-archa]], the former [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] from 1995 to 1996, to enter politics.<ref name=bpost/> ==Biography== Prasertsuwan was born in [[Bang Pla Ma District]], Suphan Buri Province, on 13 April 1919, to parents, Chuang (mother) and Lang (father) Suwanhong.<ref name=bpost/> In 1937, he became a teacher at the Kannasut Sueksalai in his native Suphan Buri Province. He later completed his studies at military medical school and became a [[Thai Army]] sergeant.<ref name=bpost/> Following the end of [[World War II]], Prasertsuwan became a medical instructor at the Ananda Mahidol Hospital in [[Lopburi]] before resigning from his position in 1946 to open a family-run [[medical clinic]].<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan entered politics at the local, provincial level. He was elected to the Suphan Buri provincial council, representing Bang Pla Ma district, four times.<ref name=bpost/> In 1957, he was elected to the [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|House of Representatives]] of Thailand. He won election to the House of Representatives in ten elections from 1957 to 1996.<ref name=bpost/> In 1975, Prasertsuwan joined the [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]], but later switched to the [[Thamsangkhom Party|Thamsangkhom]] and the now defunct [[Thai Nation Party]] (or Chart Thai Party).<ref name=bpost/> In 1981, Prasertsuwan was appointed Deputy Agriculture and Cooperative Minister in a government of Prime Minister [[Prem Tinsulanonda]] to replace the late [[Pol Col Krit Sangkhasap]], who had died in a 1981 helicopter accident in [[Chiang Mai]] while in office.<ref name=bpost/> [[Chatichai Choonhavan]], the Prime Minister from 1988 to 1991, also appointed Prasertsuwan as his Office Minister and Deputy Prime Minister during his government.<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan was elected [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand]] in 1995, a position he held until September 1996.<ref name=bpost/> In 1997, he was named to the rank of major general in a special case.<ref name=bpost/> Booneua Prasertsuwan, who was 97 years old, died at [[Siriraj Hospital]] in Bangkok on 13 October 2016, the same day as the passing of the [[King of Thailand]], [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]].<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan was married to Duangnet Prasertsuwan; the couple had one son, [[Nathawut Prasertsuwan]], a politician and former MP for Suphan Buri Province.<ref name=bpost/> ==Royal decorations== Booneua has received the following royal decorations in the [[Thai Honours Order of Precedence|Honours System]] of Thailand: * [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80px]] Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted [[Order of the White Elephant]] * [[File:Order of the Crown of Thailand - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80px]] Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble [[Order of the Crown of Thailand]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{HouseSpeakerTH}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasertsuwan, Booneua}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives (Thailand)|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Thailand)|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Democrat Party (Thailand) politicians|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Thai Nation Party politicians|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:People from Suphan Buri province|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Thai educators|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Thai military personnel|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Royal Thai Army personnel|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Thai generals|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of Thailand|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Ministers to the Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand|Booneua Prasertsuwan]] [[Category:Presidents of the National Assembly of Thailand|Booneua Prasertsuwan]]'